Prepare to be disappointed: Elden Ring 2 is not in FromSoftware’s plans

Elden Ring remains one of the most popular games of recent times, and the expansion Shadow of Airdtree debuted this year and was a masterpiece. But FromSoftware, the studio behind the game, doesn’t want to get drunk on success, and its most prominent face has admitted that Elden Ring 2 It’s not in the plans.

Hidetaka Miyazaki, director Elden Ring and president of FromSoftware, said IGN Japan that the company has “no special plans” to continue the famous game. Thus, the creative decided to nip in the bud any speculation that might already exist regarding the future of this proposal.

Miyazaki himself confirmed this a few months ago. Shadow of Airdtree This will be the only DLC for Elden Ring, no matter how successful it may be. While the expansion received some criticism due to the new progression system and the strength of some bosses, overall it was received extremely positively.

WITH Elden Ring 2 Apart from this, FromSoftware plans to focus on several other projects. Miyazaki noted that the studio is implementing several initiatives related to different genres. He also explained that some of them are under his leadership, while others will remain in the hands of other employees.

Despite this, the head of the Japanese company did not rule out getting to know the world Elden Ring in the future. “We do not rule out the development of intellectual property Elden Ring somehow in the future,” he said. But he did not specify whether this would be in the form of games or audio-visual products such as TV series and films.

Don’t get your hopes up Elden Ring 2

With these comments, FromSoftware is definitely deflating any immediate possibility of seeing Elden Ring 2. This is sure to disappoint many fans, but it’s clear that the studio doesn’t intend to create false expectations among the public.

It is also logical to think that the future Elden Ring will end up in Sony’s hands if the corporation intends to acquire FromSoftware’s parent company. In mid-November it became known that the Japanese corporation was interested in acquiring Kadokawa Corporationgiant behind the studio.

Let us recall that Sony already owns a stake of about 2% in the said company, and PlayStation owns 14% of FromSoftware. So if the acquisition were to go ahead, it would need to be seen how much pressure the company could put on the studio to change its position and start working on a new one. Elden Ring.

Elden Ring was impressive success for its developers. In the first month of release, the game sold more than 13 million copies, and in June of this year their number reached 25 million. Extension Shadow of Airdtree was not far behind and was a commercial success, selling over 5 million copies in its first three days. The main game won the Game of the Year award at the 2022 Game Awards, and the DLC is nominated in the same category this year.